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It's been a while, but we've just published a new podcast!

Lisa pieces together the life of Elizabeth Phillipson, witness to the murder and cousin of the victim.

A fab listen for true crime enthusiasts and family historians.

podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/north…

The next part of our family history series blog:

Piecing together the Penroses, Part 3

northumberlandarchives.com/2024/04/24/pie…

Do come along and have a look at the amazing work the the Year 5 children of the NCEA Trust in Ashington have been doing!

#AshingtonToTheFutureThe
Exhibition
22 April - 1 June 2024
Ashington Library

NUSTEM
Farrell Centre
NCEA James Knott C of E Primary School
NCEAT Bishop’s Primary School ( formerly JBP)
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School

In January we posted a historic recipe for Mango Cucumbers. Our colleagues at Northumberland archives asked if we could have a go at making them to see what they'd taste like, and our Records Manager accepted the challenge: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/man…
#HBAHGreen Northumberland Archives

This photo Northumberland Archives shows a lost painting by Ralph Hedley depicting Scottish prisoners in our Lantern Tower in 1644. Learn about the Tower’s role in the Siege of Newcastle during the English Civil War via a short film available on our website: newcastlecathedral.org.uk/visitor-notices

Did you know that you can book an appointment to come and talk to us about your research? 🤔

We're at County Hall, Morpeth every Tuesday: eventbrite.co.uk/e/775421806497

Woodhorn every third Saturday of the month: eventbrite.co.uk/e/795960117137

Book a slot and come with questions!📔😁

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Part two of our latest blog about the Penrose family:

northumberlandarchives.com/2024/04/08/pie…

For all you family history fans! 📃🤓

In the first part of our new blog series Sophie Towers starts her journey to research her Penrose ancestors.

northumberlandarchives.com/2024/04/02/pie…

Another of our blogs from the volunteers on our Maternity Health Care project! Find out about:

Hillcrest Maternity Unit, Alnwick

northumberlandarchives.com/2024/03/25/hil…

NorthumberlandArchivesTrust Bright Northumbria

Including a man from Bedlington...

Archive conservators, please look away!

We do love showing school kids the oldest document that we hold at the archives (1156, don't you know).

Not so much anti-bacing the laminates!

Please note - no medieval documents were harmed in the making of this tweet.

Happy Villages Halls week!

Here's a clip of one of the oral history interviews that has been collected as part of the village hall heritage project that we've been partners on.

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We've kicked off #villagehallsweek today! 🏡🎉
100 guests are gathered at County Hall to celebrate with John Grundy and Cllr Jeff Watson opening our #Northumberland event with Northumberland Archives

The final part of our Bigges Main Murder series:

northumberlandarchives.com/2024/03/11/mur…

Our exhibition on the heritage of #villagehalls in #Northumberland is now open!

We installed it today at County Hall Morpeth where it will be for a month on view and in time for next week's #VillageHallsWeek event.
Bunting at the ready! 🎉

Northumberland Archives ACRE

We are having such amazing time on #AshingtonToTheFuture ! We can't wait for the children to see what else we've got in store for them...

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